Copy-holder.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

W. P. SWOPB. COPY HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. so, 1906.

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i IN ITED STATES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed January 80, 1906. Serial No. 298,672.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. Sworn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owenton, in the county of Owen and State of-Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Copy- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to copyholders, and more particularly to that class employed by type-writer operators.

The object of the invention is to provide a copy-holder having a novel means for holding copied pages away from those being copied and in such manner as to permit ready inspection of a page that has been copied; furthermore, to provide a novel form of lineguide in which the line-guide proper shall be free to swing upon its pivot to cause the guide to adjust itself to the surface over which it is being moved, but to limit such movement, thus to prevent it from assuming a position that will require changing before the guide can be brought into operative position relatively to Qietwritten page.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a copy-holder, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a copy-holder constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical transverse section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the platen or body ofthe holder, which may be made of any suitable material and has its upper and lower ends reinforced by metallic battens 2, that project beyond the sides of the platen and are combined with the ends thereofin this instance by screws 3. Secured to the projecting terminals of the battens are guide-rods 4 and 5, which are preferably made of tubular metal to secure lightness. Mounted upon the guide-rod 4 is a coiled sprin 6, having one terminal extended beyond filQI'Od to form an arm 7, with which is combined a line-guide S, the two parts being pivotally connected by a rivet or bolt 9. In order to limit the swinging movement of the line-guide relatively to the arm,

there is an approximately U-shaped keeper 10 provided, which is secured to the line-guide and'through which the arm projects. It will be seen by this arrangement that the lineguide will be free to have a limited swinging movement relatively to the arm, thus to permit it to accommodate itself to the surface over which it is moved.

Combined with the guide-rod 5 is a leafholder comprising an arm 11, which is constructed from a single piece of resilient wire bent upon itself and having its terminals formed into oppositely-coiled coils 12, which by frictional contact with the rod will hold the holder at any desired adjustment relatively thereto. By the provision of this arm the leaves of a book or other sheets being transcribed will be held from fluttering, as from wind, so that copying will be facilitated.

Disposed at the lower portion of the front face of-the platen is a clip 13, which is held combined with the platen by screws or studs 14 and is caused to bear against the platen bya coiled spring 15, seated in anorifice in the platen and held against disconnection therefrom by a plate 16, which forms a bearing for the spring.

The means for holding the written leaves away from those being transcribed embodies a resilient keeper or arm 17, comprising a straight member 18 and a compound curved member 19. The straight member is seated in a groove or chamiel 20 in the rear side of the platen and is provided with a lon itudinal slot 21, through which projects a t readed stud 22, that is engaged by a thumb-nut 23, the latter serving to hold the keeper in any desired adjustment. By reason of the con tour of the member 19 of the keeper it will be seen that when the written pages are pushed in between it and the outer face of the platen, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, they will be positively held against dropping, but at the same time may readily be removed or withdrawn separately or in bulk to permit the operator to inspect a sheet that has been copied. By adjusting the keeper relatively to the platen it may be adapted for holding long or short sheets of paper.

The platen is herein shown as supported by an ordinary pedestal 24, such as is commonly employed with articles of this kind; but it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to this particular arrangement, as

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I claim 1. The combination with a copy-holder platen; of a resilient keeper adjustably connected to the platen and having its free end extending in front thereof, said keeper being bent to a compound" curve and adapted to loosely support a raised sheet.

2. The combination with a platen having its rear side provided with a groove or channel, of a keeper having one terminal disposed in the channel, and its other terminal bent to a compound curve and disposed at the front of the platen, and means for locking the keeper at any desired adjustment relatively to the platen.

3. The oombinationwith aplaten provided in its rear side with a longitudinal groove or channel, of a resilient keeper having one terminal provided with a longitudinal slot and mounted within the channel, and its other terminal formed into a compound curve and disposed at the front of the platen, a threaded stud carried by the platen and projecting through the slot, and a thumb-screw carried by the stud.

4. The combination with a copy-holder platen; of a resilient keeper adjustably connected to and extending in front of the platen, said keeper extending beyond the platen and adapted to loosely support a raised sheet upon the platen.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. SWOPE.

Witnesses:

WALTER WILHOITE, H. W. ALEXANDER. 

